The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed suit in Federal Court on behalf of 19 organizations. The suit asks that the court rule that the NSA mass surveillance violates the first, fourth, and fifth amendments to the U.S. Constitution and seeks relief in the form of an injunction ordering the NSA to cease their over-broad data collection and return the illegally obtained data to its owners. It’s worth reading the actual filing to help understand the issues at stake as the EFF sees them.
But that’s not why I’m writing this. Concomitant with the suit, the EFF is having a membership drive and I’d like you to consider joining. Membership starts at $25. If you can’t afford that, send them $5 or $10 to help them carry on their work.
You hear a lot about the EFF so it’s easy to believe that it’s a huge organization but, in fact, they have only about 20,000 members. That means that every member counts and that they are probably always short of funds. Still, for 23 years they’ve been doing a lot of heavy lifting to help safeguard our Internet rights and freedoms. If the recent NSA snooping troubles you, please join. You’ll be on the side of the angels. If you don’t live in the U.S., consider donating or joining the equivalent organization in your country.